Three Cheese Broccoli Pasta Bake
 
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This Three Cheese Broccoli Bake is super easy to make and your kids will devour it! Bake it for a crusty top or serve as is hot.
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 small head of broccoli, roughly chopped
  • 5 oz of velveta, room temperature
  • 4 oz of greek yogurt cream cheese, room temperature
  • ¼ cup of cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 8 oz of bow tie pasta (or elbows are good too!)
  • 1-1/2 cup of 1% milk
  • 4 tbsp of grounded almonds
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta just shy of the boxed directions. 8 minutes before it's finished place the broccoli florets on top.
  2. Remove the broccoli with a slotted spoon and place on a cutting board to cool to the touch. Drain pasta and set aside.
  3. Once the broccoli is cooled to the touch roughly chop it and add it to the pasta.
  4. Preheat oven to 350F.
  5. To make the cheese sauce:
  6. Cut the cream cheese and velveeta cheese in small cubes and heat in a medium sauce pan on low-medium. After about 1-2 minutes add ¾ cup of milk and mix until the cheese starts to melt. Once it's melted a bit add more milk. Keep whisking and adding milk until all of the cheese is all melted. Remove it from the heat and stir in the cheddar cheese stirring to combine.
  7. Pour the cheese sauce over the pasta and broccoli and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into a 10x10 baking dish and sprinkle with the ground almonds.
  8. Bake for 20 min. Let sit for 10 min and then serve!
Recipe by Momma's Meals at https://mommasmeals.org/three-cheese-broccoli-pasta-bake/